Gatorade 2024 - 2025: Player of the Year

Softball - Wisconsin

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SOFTBALL

Karly Meredith

RHP/UT
KAUKAUNA HS
KAUKAUNA, WISCONSIN
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-7
Press Release

Peak Performance

0.17

ERA

0.36

WHIP

5

No-Hitters

.453

Batting Average
“There’s not another player like Karly in the state of Wisconsin. She not only dominates at the plate, but also dominates in the circle. She may be the best softball player in the country. She’s lost once in her entire high school career.”
Tim Roehrig
Head Coach - Kaukauna
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Athletic Excellence

At the time of her selection, the 5-foot-7 senior right-handed pitcher and utility player had led the Galloping Ghosts (23-0) to a berth in the Division 1 Regional finals. Meredith posted a 0.17 ERA and a 0.36 WHIP in winning all 23 games, firing 15 shutouts, including five no-hitters, and holding opposing hitters to a .068 batting average. She fanned an average of two batters per inning through 23 games. At the plate, she entered the regional final with a .453 average along with 30 RBI and an OPS of 1.358. Ranked as the nation’s No. 42 recruit in her class by Perfect Game, she is now a three-time Gatorade Wisconsin Softball Player of the Year honoree.

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Academic Achievement

Meredith has maintained a 3.89 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a written letter of athletic aid to play softball on scholarship at the University of Virginia this fall. 

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Exemplary Character

Meredith has volunteered locally in association with Holy Cross Church and has been a member of the CYO basketball program for four years. She has also donated her time on behalf of Christ the King Church in addition to serving as a youth softball coach and instructor.